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FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1:. 90, 91. 1875. 331 renewal as aforesaid, it may, at the option of the lessee, his heirs or assigns, be renewed in the manner hereinbefore provided. Sec. 4. That said Seneca. Nation is hereby authorized, by resolution Power of sem-as of its councillors, duly elected according to the laws and system of gov- N¤“°¤ *0 IMS ° ernment of said nation, or in such other manner as seid nation in oouu- §§,?§,’5‘,f,?§"“°'1 by oil may determine, to lease lands within said villages to which, by the laws or customs of said nation, no individual Indian or Indians, or other person claiming under him or them, has or is entisledt.0 the rightful possession. Sec. 5. That it shall be the further duty of the said commissioners Survey ofvillago to cause all lands within such villages now leased, as hereinbefore men— MUGS ¤<>W ]¤¤$€¤'· tioned, to be surveyed and defined as near as may be, and to cause the same to be designated upon the maps of such villages hereiubefore mentioned and provided for. All leases of lands within said villages, whether R e c o r d in g of now existing or hereafter to be made under the provisions of this not, 1¤¤¤¤¤· shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of said county of Cntte,reugusin the same manner and with like effect as similar instruments relating to lands lying in said county outside of said reservations are recorded by the laws of said State of New York. All leases herein mentioned or A,,,,;?,,,,,,,,,, dc. provided for shall pass by assignment in writing, will, descent, or other- vase, dose on 1; of wise in the manner provided by the laws of said State : Provided, hou·ew·, 1¢¤¤¢¤· That the rights of Indians in such leases shall descend as provided by the Laws of said Seneca Nation. . Sec. 6. That all moneys arising from rents under the provisions of Reutsdueseneen. this act which shall belong to said Seneca. Nation shall be paid to and N=¤*i<>¤»h°W F¢¤°V· recoverable by the treasurer of said Seneca. Nation, and expended in the 'md °“d “ppl‘°d‘ same manner and for the same purposes as are other revenues or moneys belonging to said Seneca Nation. Sec. 7. That the courts of the State of New York within and for the Jurisdiction of county of Gattaraugus, having jurisdiction in real actions, and the cir- ¢<>¤¤¢S— ouit and district courts of the United States in and for the northern district of said State, shall have jurisdiction of all actions for the recovery of rents and for the recovery of possession of any real property within the limits of said villages, whether actions of debt, ejeetment, or other forms of action, according to the practice in said courts ; and aetions of forcible entry and deteinor, or of unlawful detainer arising in said villages, may be maintained in any of the courts of said county which have jurisdiction of such actions. Sec. 8. That all laws of the State of New York now in force con- Ilnwg of New cerning the laying out, altering, discontinuing, and repairing highways York. and bridges shall be in force within said villages, end may, with the consent of said Seneca Nation in council, extend to, and be in force beyond, said villages in said reservations, or in either of them; and all ,municipa.l1uws and regulations of said State may extend over and be in _ force within said villages: Provided, nevertheless, That nothing in this d,'!-`¤¥¤¤¤¤ OY I¤· section shall beoonstruecl to authorize the taxation of any Indian, or the "‘““‘ property of any Indian not; a citizen of the United States. Approved, February 19, 1875. CHAP. 91.—An act to authorize the Secretary of W¤.r to give permission to extend Feb. 19, 1875. ‘ the Hygeia. Hotel at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. *‘ "—‘**-" Be it emzeted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Wm- be, Enlergement of und he is hereby, authorized to grant permission to Samuel M. Shoe- 33;*3,6** maker, owner of the H ygeia Hotel at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, to ` enlarge the said hotel in such a. manner as may be compatible with the interests of the United States, upon the terms and conditions set forth in joint resolution of the second session of the Fortieth Congress, House of Representatives, numbered forty-six. Approved, February 19, 1875.